23 A
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing a task force on agri-
24 cultural issues.
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26 Be it resolved by
the House of Representatives of the State of Kansas,
27 the Senate concurring
therein: That a task force on agricultural issues
28 is hereby established to study the
concentration of agricultural markets,
29 the role of the state in attempting to
guarantee competitive markets,
30 credit problems in agriculture, grain
storage problems, the over supply
31 of agricultural commodities, the federal
meat inspection laws, the vol-
32 untary conservation reserve program, the
short-term conservation reserve
33 program and such other matters relating
thereto as the task force deems
34 appropriate; and
35 Be it further
resolved: That the task force shall consist of 19
members
36 appointed as follows: Four members
appointed by the president of the
37 senate, two from among the members of the
senate and two from among
38 the citizens of the state at large; four
members appointed by the minority
39 leader of the senate, two from among the
members of the senate and two
40 from among the citizens of the state at
large; four members appointed
41 by the speaker of the house of
representatives, two from among the mem-
42 bers of the house of representatives and
two from among the citizens of
43 the state at large; four members appointed
by the minority leader of the
44 house of representatives, two from among
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1 representatives and two from among
the state at large; and three mem-
2 bers appointed by the governor;
and
3 Be it further
resolved: That the president of the senate shall
appoint
4 the chairperson from among the
legislator members of the task force and
5 the minority leader of the house of
representatives shall appoint the vice-
6 chairperson from among the legislator
members of the staff force; and
7 Be it further
resolved: That staffing for the task force shall be
avail-
8 able from the legislative research
department and the revisor of statutes
9 office as authorized by the
legislative coordinating council; and
10 Be it further
resolved: That the members of the task force shall re-
11 ceive reimbursement for attending meetings
of the task force as author-
12 ized by the legislative coordinating
council consistent with the provisions
13 of K.S.A. 46-1209 and amendments thereto;
and
14 Be it further
resolved: That meetings of the task force shall be
held
15 on not less than three days each month from
July through December
16 1999; that such meetings shall be held in
locations throughout the state;
17 experts on agricultural market
concentration and other agricultural issues
18 may be hired to provide information to the
task force subject to approval
19 of the legislative coordinating council;
and the task force shall prepare
20 and submit a report and recommendations to
the governor and to the
21 legislature on or before January 10,
2000.
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